Buru thrush | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Turdidae |
Genus: | Geokichla |
Species: | G. dumasi |
Binomial name | |
Geokichla dumasi Rothschild, 1899 | |
Synonyms | |
Zoothera dumasi |
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